Sense

1. a turning about, twisting
2. a turning or wheeling about, turning to bay, renewed assaults, a putting about, tacking
3. a turn, reaction
4. attention paid to, regard
5. a moving up and down in, occupation

Examples

• καὶ εἶπε Γεδεὼν πρὸς ἄνδρας Φανουήλ. ἐν ἐπιστροφῇ μου μετ᾿ εἰρήνης κατασκάψω τὸν πύργον τοῦτον. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 8:9)
• Ἐγὼ τῷ ἀδελφιδῷ μου, καὶ ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἡ ἐπιστροφὴ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 7:11)
• πρὶν ἀρρωστῆσαί σε ταπεινώθητι καὶ ἐν καιρῷ ἁμαρτημάτων δεῖξον ἐπιστροφήν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 18:21)
• ΑΣΧΟΛΙΑ μεγάλη ἔκτισται παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ καὶ ζυγὸς βαρὺς ἐπὶ υἱοὺς Ἀδὰμ ἀφ᾿ ἡμέρας ἐξόδου ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρὸς αὐτῶν ἕως ἡμέρας ἐπιστροφῆς εἰς μητέρα πάντων. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 40:1)
• αὐτὸς κατηυθύνθη ἐν ἐπιστροφῇ λαοῦ καὶ ἐξῇρε βδελύγματα ἀνομίας. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 49:2)
• ἐν τῇ ἐπιστροφῇ μου καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐπὶ τοῦ χείλους τοῦ ποταμοῦ δένδρα πολλὰ σφόδρα ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 47:7)
• καὶ ἐν τῇ διεκβολῇ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐπιστροφῇ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν τῇ ὑπεράρσει αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ὑγιάσωσιν. εἰς ἅλας δέδονται. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 47:11)

Similar forms

• ἐπιστροφὴν (34)
• ἐπιστροφῆς (20)
• ἐπιστροφῇ (11)
• ἐπιστροφὰς (8)
• ἐπιστροφήν (8)
• Ἐπίστροφος (8)
• ἐπίστροφον (6)
• ἐπιστροφάδην (6)
• ἐπιστροφὴ (6)
• ἐπιστροφαῖς (5)
• ἐπιστροφῶν (3)
• ἐπιστροφαί (3)
• ἐπιστροφή (3)
• ἐπιστροφάς (2)
• ἐπιστροφαὶ (2)
• Ἐπιστροφίας (1)
• ἐπιστροφῇσι (1)
• ἐπιστροφαῖν (1)
• Ἐπιστρόφου (1)
• ἐπίστροφοί (1)
• ἐπιστροφῇς (1)
• ἐπιστρόφως? (1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.